News Wrap: Summer activities erupt in violence with shootings in two states

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• John Yang:

  Summertime activities in two states erupted into summertime violence this weekend. An altercation at a Juneteenth event in Round Rock, Texas late last night left two people dead and six others wounded two of them children. Police said the two dead weren't involved in the dispute that led to the shooting. And nine people were wounded in a shooting at a suburban Detroit splash pad park where families had gathered in the summer heat. Two brothers eight and four years old and their mother remain hospitalized. The gunman leader apparently killed himself. Police said the incident appeared to be random at that the suspect had a history of mental health challenges.

  In Russia state media says security forces stormed the detention center after inmates took two guards hostage. It happened in southern Russia. Several of the inmates involved have been accused of links to the Islamic State. Local news outlets say some of the prisoners were killed.

  This is the second deadly attack in Russia this year linked to the Islamic State in March gunmen killed 145 people at a concert hall in suburban Moscow.

  And an oil spill at one of Singapore's most famous beaches is raising environmental and economic concerns. Cruise tried to contain the spill after a Dutch flag dredger had a stationary Singaporean fuel supply ship on Friday. But ocean currents pushed to the oil onshore. It's closed parts of the beaches on the resort island of Sentosa off Singapore's southern coast.

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